Themeborne2017Alex Crispin & Thomas Pike & James Shelton
Escape the Dark Castle
- Ships from Hudsonville, MI. Free in-store pickup.
- 30-day returns on sealed, unused items. No restocking fee.
Is it for your table?
Plays solo, or with up to 4 at the table.
Under 45 minutes: easy to fit in a couple of rounds.
Teach it in minutes. Great for new players and families. (1.2 / 5 on BGG)
Recommended for teens and adults.
About the game
Escape the Dark Castle is a card game from Themeborne, designed by Alex Crispin and Thomas Pike and James Shelton (2017). It plays 1–4 players in 20–45 minutes, for ages 14+. BoardGameGeek players rate it 7.3 out of 10 and call it light (1.2 / 5 weight).
Escape the Dark Castle is a simple, fantasy adventure game for 1-4 players, with a focus on storytelling, atmosphere and player cooperation – perfect for newcomers to tabletop gaming. It takes 2 minutes to set up, lasts around 30 minutes, and no two games are ever the same.
Players take the roles of prisoners and must work together using custom dice and item cards to overcome the castle’s many horrors, traps and challenges - each of which is represented by a large, beautifully illustrated chapter card. As these immersive chapter cards are revealed one by one, the game takes on the form of a shared storytelling experience, with the players making decisions about what to do each chapter as they embark on a desperate quest to escape.
Details
- Designers
- Alex CrispinThomas PikeJames Shelton
- Publisher
- Themeborne
- Mechanics
- Cooperative GameDice RollingDie Icon ResolutionPaper-and-PencilPush Your LuckRole PlayingSolo / Solitaire GameStorytelling
- Published
- 2017
- SKU
- TBL001
Ratings, player counts, play time and weight are from BoardGameGeek.
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